(A) Generally. This district is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for heavy industry. In promoting the general purposes of this chapter, the specific intent of this section is:
(1) To encourage the construction of and the continued use of the land for heavy industry;
(2) To provide additional regulation on the use of the land for heavy industry and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of desirable industrial establishments in the district;
(3) To encourage the discontinuance of existing uses that would not be permitted as new uses under the provision of this subsection; and
(4) To prohibit the use of the land for residences for the purpose both of preserving the area for its appropriate use and for preventing the location of residences in an area inappropriate for residential use.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Heavy industry, provided:
(a) The minimum required lot area shall be ten acres;
(b) No building, including accessory buildings, shall be located closer than 200 feet from any property line;
(c) A buffer strip around the perimeter, at the property line, shall be established. The buffer may be the existing natural vegetation that has an existing height of six feet and width of ten feet or an evergreen planting that will normally be expected to reach a height of six feet within three years;
(d) Exterior lighting shall be limited to those fixtures which avoid glare and do not spill over onto adjacent properties;
(e) Ingress and egress shall be designed to allow for safe movement and to accommodate all vehicle types which are expected to use the facility and meet DOT standards; and
(f) No industrial use shall be allowed which would have an injurious effect on the town or neighborhood by posing a safety or fire hazard, or by emitting/creating dust, toxic gases, offensive odors, smoke, noise, heat, or glare.
(2) Any form of agricultural, horticultural, or husbandry uses, including both the sale of products on the property where produced and any necessary accessory uses clearly incidental to the principal use, but excluding swine farms and poultry farms; and
(3) Public utility distribution lines, including service and storage yards and transformer substations, and including any necessary accessory uses clearly incidental thereto.
(C) Dimensional requirements for all permitted uses, except heavy industry.
(1) Minimum required lot area: 50,000 square feet; and
(2) No building, including accessory buildings, shall be located closer than ten feet to another building and 15 feet to a property line not a railroad property line. A buffer, as described in § 154.140, shall be erected along all property lines abutting residential property.
(Ord. passed 7-9-1985; Ord. passed 5-10-1990; Ord. passed 3-9-1999; Ord. passed 8-10-1999; Ord. passed 3-14-2000; Ord. passed 5-9-2000; Ord. passed 9-9-2003; Ord. passed 9-13-2005; Ord. passed 9-12-2006; Ord. passed 6-29-2021) Penalty, see § 154.999